Question

before posting the whole code, i wanted to make sure I am not missing a simple issue here.

var dv = $(myElement);  var pos = dv.offset(); var width = dv.width(); var height = dv.height();  alert(pos); alert(width); alert(height); 

here, width alerts fine, height alerts fine but offset alerts [object Object] (in firefox)

am I missing something here?

Answer 1

that’s correct: the offset() function returns an object containing two properties, left and top. (See the docs). ‘[object Object]’ is how most objects are converted to strings.

I’d suggest you install Firebug to help you with debugging Javascript like this as it would give you much better information about the variables.